Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub, President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, on National Assembly matters (Reps), has disclosed that his principal might approve the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill, passed in 2017 by National Assembly.
The Herald gathered that El-Yakub on Wednesday, October 16, made this known, saying, “With the renewed relationship (between the executive and the legislature),
”I’m sure there will be more work that will lead to the expeditious passage of the Bill and of course, Mr President will assent to all Bills passed by the National Assembly, which do not have conflict or reservations.
“I’m sure that many important Bills, including the one that you have mentioned (Nigeria Peace Corps) are being reintroduced; and some are even being re-introduced as executive Bills, like the PAC Bill, which was tabled on the floor of the Senate.”
Recently, The Herald reported that the Peace Corps of Nigeria appealed to the president to reconsider his decision of not assenting to the Peace Corps Bill passed by the National Assembly.
The National Commandant of the body, Dickson Akoh, made the call at the Board of Trustees and National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja.